"The Stone shall be his return.
The Stone shall be his passage.
He comes to claim.
He comes to destroy.
The end of all things mortal."
*ELEVEN*
Beast Boy groaned, lifting his head up and out of the rubble. He looked around Jump- er... What was left of Jump, anyway. It looked far more terrifying then what it was like when Raven was the portal. Like after they all decided to watched Wicked Scary.
He stood up shakily, confusion hitting him like a ton of bricks.
How did he survive?
Raven had taken back the powers she gave to him and the rest of the team when she had defeated Trigon herself, and Jayda never given them any powers to begin with.
This wasn't making any sense. At all.
He looked up at the sky, it was red. Of course it was red. Why was he even surprised. "Dude... Talk about some major De Ja Vu." Garfield sighed. He walked off, looking for any sign at all of his teammates.
He found them by the library, staring up at the sky like he had done before. "Does anyone know how we're even still alive?" Cyborg asked. Dick sighed, shaking his head no.
"It is... Very strange..." Starfire mumbled. "Now all we have to do is get Jayda. You three distract Trigon while I go get her- assuming she's even in the same place that Raven was at." Nightwing said.
Garfield turned into a gorilla, snarling at their team's leader. He grabbed him by his shirt and hoisted him up into the air at eye level.
"Yo! B.B.! C'mon man! Let him go!" Cyborg cried. "Yes friend! Please let him go!" Starfire begged. He dropped him to the ground, changing back to his human self. "I'm getting Jayda. Youstay with the others." He growled, narrowing his eyes at the ex-Boy Wonder.
"Who's Jayda?"
The four Titans turned around and were all equally surprised at what they saw, all of their eyes growing wide with shock and confusion.
"R-Raven..?" Dick stuttered.
The Raven they were facing looked no older then 17- way before Jayda was even a thought, let alone conceived. They could also see their younger selves, standing around her, eyebrows raised up in sheer confusion.
"Yes. It's me. Can you tell me what's going on please. Where are we?" She asked, looking around. "Hey Rae? Do you have your powers?" Garfield asked.
"No." she deadpanned, shaking her head with annoyance.
"Hey where's older Raven?" The younger Beast Boy asked, squeaking. Garfield couldn't believe that was him 25 years ago. He was so... Annoying.
No wonder it took Raven half a life timeto tolerate him!
"You imbecile!"
Speak of the Devil, and she shall appear.
The ghost of a 39 year old very pissed off Raven stormed over to Garfield, smacking him in the head with her fist, as he tried to runaway.
"Ow! Ow! Ow!" He wailed, trying to block the hits with his arms.
She had changed a lot.Her hair was long and white, the same color as her cloak. She had also traded her leotard for a full body suit that was also white.
"You were supposed to keep her safe! You were supposed to prevent thisfrom happening to Jayda!" She roared.
"Who's Jayda?" Beast Boy asked again. They all ignored him.
Instead, everyone watched as Raven dragged Garfield by the ear, a scowl on her face. "Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!" He repeated in pain.
"C'mon mini us! C'mon mini Rob! You three are coming with us!" She snapped. She stopped after a few feet, turning to face the older version of the "Teen Titans". "Before I forget. Jinx, Wally, and Karen said hello."
"So, now can you tell us what's going on?" Robin asked.
Raven sighed, turning to face them. "On this day, 18 years ago, I gave birth to a daughter. At the time, I didn't know that she was destined to be just like me- a portal." Raven sighed.
"And the child's name... Is Jayda?" Raven nodded, frowning. "And exactly what does that have to do with Garfield?" The younger goth wondered.
"She's my daughter too..." He mumbled.
"No. No. No no no no no. No!" Raven cried. Beast Boy looked absolutely ill. "If it makes you feel any better, we were drunkoff our sorry asses when we conceived her." Garfield said.
"And it only happened twice." Raven added, trying to calm them down.
"That's twice too many!" Her younger self screamed. "So wait, only twice?" Robin asked. "Yes. Both times I got pregnant." She explained. "Wait a minute. So we have twokids together?" Raven asked, only calming down slightly.
Garfield nodded. "Jayda is eighteen, and Alexus is two." He explained. "What's with the age difference?" They asked. Raven sighed. "Instead of telling him I was pregnant, I ran away. He didn't meet Jayda until she was about fifteenyears old."
"And I didn't even learn she was mine until a few weeks before..." Garfield stopped, frowning. "Before what?" Robin asked. "Before Rae died." He frowned. "You're dead?" Raven cried, staring at her older self.
"I died on March 6, giving birth to Alexus." She sighed, looking down at her feet.
The younger Titans couldn't believe it.
Raven... Raven died? Raven was dead?
They loose- lost- her...? No. That couldn't happen. That could never happen! Raven was... Raven. She was supposed to be the one who out lived everyone- not be the first to go! How could someone who defeated her father, Trigon the Terrible- even after becoming his portal- die during childbirth?
Thatwas an emotional blow the younger Raven didn't even want to think about.
"So I've been wondering around the Tower as a ghost for over two years?" Younger Raven asked, her hands now placed on her hips. The adults were silent.
"Okay. What are we missing? Tell us, we can handle it." Robin said, arms crossed.
"This is the first time any of us have seen Rae since she... You know... Died." Garfield murmured. "I've been in Jayda's head for the past 25 and a half months. And once this is over that's probably where I'll go again." She sighed.
"Did she know you where there?" Garfield asked.
"No. She really doesn't visit Nevermore as much as she should." Raven sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose. "Now come on, we are waisting very precious time here! I want to get my Baby Girl back!" She hissed, walking along the path in hopes of finding her eldest daughter.
"Tell me, why does friend Beast Boy care so much about the girl known as Jayda?" The young Starfire asked, as they watched Trigon, who once again used their Tower as a throne, from afar.
"Do you really wish to know?" The older Tamaranean questioned. "Uh yeah." Cyborg said. "She's his second oldest daughter." The older robot snorted.
"Oldest. Jayda is two months olderthen Esme." Nightwing said.
"Who's Esme?" They asked. "Green Bean's other daughter. The dude has three, them and a toddler named Alexus." Cyborg said. "We sent our children to Tamaran soon after Jayda was taken." Kori explained, frowning.
She was not sure if Brandyn would ever forgive her and his Father for sending him to their home planet, instead of allowing him to fightfor the life of his Daughter's young Mother.
"Children? We have kids? How many? What are their names?" Starfire asked. "We have a son. His name is Brandyn." Kori explained, putting on a fake smile.
"A son? Oh how wonderful! Any daughters?" Starfire asked, hopefully.
"No. But we have do have Scarlette- she's our granddaughter. She just turned two a few months ago." Nightwing said. Starfire gasped.
Her and Robin's kanorphka had a kanorphka of his own?
"What about you and me?" Cyborg asked. Victor nodded.
"Alexia Nicole. She goes by Lexi. She's 18 and is the oldest of all the kids." Victor said. "And her mom?" "I was with her for almost 20 years. She died today from ovarian cancer. Right before all thishappened." He frowned.
"Oh. What was her name?" Cyborg asked.
Before Victor could answer, Kori and Nightwing started buzzing. Literally buzzing. Starfire got it by their seventh buzz, but Cyborg just sat their confused while his older self fought back a blush.
"Will you two zip it!" He hissed.
"So... Tell us about our... Uh, lives." Beast Boy asked. "About our kids... And stuff..." Raven added.
"Well, I have two daughters, both of them are with Gar. I actually have five kids- if you count Melvin, Timmy, and Teether." Raven explained.
"Any Grandkids?" Beast Boy asked.
"Jayda has a two-year old daughter named Scarlette. My daughter Esmeralda has a four year old son named Alexander, but everyone just calls him Xander. His Dad is Jinx and Wally's only son. His name is Calvin. She's also pregnant again. With twins." Garfield explained.
"Esme's pregnant again?" Raven asked. "Yep. She's almost out of the first trimester." He sighed.
"What kind of name is "Esmeralda"? Why'd you pick that?" Beast Boy yelped.
"I didn't. Her Mom did. She was named after Evalynn's- her Mother- Great Grandmother. Esme was actually supposed to be a boy." Garfield explained to them.
"Ohh..."
"C'mon you guys. Less talking, more rescuing Jayda." Raven hissed, as she continued to walk along the path, desperate to find her daughter and make sure that she was safe.
If only it were that simple.